NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

INHERITANCE AND VARIATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Passed on from parent to offspring means
A
variation
B
inherited
C
group
D
evidence
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Instead, they usually mean genes being passed on from parents to children. This is known as “heredity” or “inherited genes."

Detailed explanation-2: -Parents pass on traits or characteristics, such as eye colour and blood type, to their children through their genes. Some health conditions and diseases can be passed on genetically too. Sometimes, one characteristic has many different forms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents.

Detailed explanation-4: -(in-HAYR-ih-ted) In medicine, describes the passing of genetic information from parent to child through the genes in sperm and egg cells. Also called hereditary.

Detailed explanation-5: -Inherited traits are coded in our DNA and hence can be passed on to the next generation. Example: eye colour, height, complexion, hair colour etc. The variations that emerge as a result of reproduction may be inherited which causes an increase in the survival rate of entities.

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